Audit Associate Review

While working at PwC Audit I was assigned a client to work on which had a team of 15 people. Each day we were on client site together and were assigned tasks to do e.g testing Revenue. I had coaching from senior team members and asked the client questions.

I have developed my organisational and communication skills as I had to be able to give updates on the progress of my work daily, ask the client questions and ask my team for any help I needed.

My programme involves spending part of the year at University and part of the year on placement. I enjoy this as it allows me to put what I've learnt at Uni in more context which ultimately helps in exams. As it is a fast track to becoming qualified as a Chartered Accountant it is an intense course and requires a lot of hard work. Despite this we still make time to organise course socials which helps us get to know the other years.

Very well organised. We are at University from Sept-Dec, then on placement Jan-Mar, then back to Uni Apr-Jun. This requires a lot of organisation from our lecturers to structure how they teach our modules and they have a lot of experience in how it works best. They keep us informed as to where we are up to with the module and are always asking for feedback for how we would prefer it e.g front load the content.

I felt supported during my time on placement as I was on a big team for 2.5 months, this meant that I could be open with them if I had any issues and they would help me. It was also helpful having a career coach who was assigned to us at the start of placement, I had monthly check in calls where I could talk about how I'm getting on and ask for any advice

We receive a lot of support while we are at University in the form of daily lectures, workbooks and question banks. I find it helpful that our lecturers give us advice on what has worked for other students in previous exam sittings.

I find it helpful that we do placement after we've been at University for the first term so we can put what we've learnt into practice. In addition, when we come back from placement for exams it feels like I have a better understanding of audit and accounting which helps in my exams.

In the London office, we have industry groups which have quizzes, coffee catch ups and after work drinks which helps you meet more people at work and get to know people you might work with in the future.

Yes

PwC has allowed me to get a lot of experience and I have met so many people who are welcoming and friendly.

Try to get involved in as much as you can to get the best out of your experience and don't be afraid to ask questions.